2-STEP EQUATIONS
"HOW TO BE NEGATIVE"
TOO HIGH, TOO LOW, JUST RIGHT
RIDDLE ME THIS...
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
100

DOUBLE ME AND ADD THREE TO GET SEVEN

What is TWO?

100

EASTERN CIVILIZATION CREDITED WITH FIRST USING NEGATIVE NUMBERS

What is ANCIENT CHINA?

100

SOLVES -3 + 5 AND SAYS THE ANSWER IS 3

What is TOO HIGH?

100

I HAVE HANDS BUT CAN'T CLAP

What is a CLOCK?

100

THE TEMPERATURE WAS 5°F IN THE MORNING AND DROPPED 7°F.

What is -2°F?

200

MULTIPLY ME BY NEGATIVE FIVE AND SUBTRACT FOUR TO GET ELEVEN

What is NEGATIVE THREE?

200

INDIAN MATHEMATICIANS FIRST USED THIS SYMBOL TO REPRESENT NEGATIVE NUMBERS. THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE USE NOW. 

What is a PLUS (+) sign?

200

STARTS AT -10, ADDS 4, AND SAYS THE ANSWER IS -6

What is JUST RIGHT?

200

COMES ONCE IN A MINUTE, TWICE IN A MOMENT, BUT NEVER IN A THOUSAND YEARS

What is the LETTER 'M'?

200

A HIKER STARTS AT SEA LEVEL (0 FEET) AND CLIMBS 15 FEET, THEN DESCENDS 10 FEET. 

What is 5 FEET above sea level?

300

MULTIPLY ME BY FOUR AND ADD EIGHT TO GET FOUR

What is NEGATIVE ONE?

300

VOSTOK STATION RECORDED THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE HERE AT -128°F ON JULY 21, 1983. THERE ARE NO BEARS HERE. 

What is ANTARCTICA?

300

SOLVES -7 - 3 AND SAYS THE ANSWER IS -9

What is TOO HIGH?

300

THREE CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS THAT HAVE THE SAME ANSWER WHEN MULTIPLIED OR ADDED TOGETHER 

What is 1, 2 AND 3?

300

A SUBMARINE STARTS AT 20 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL AND RISES 12 FEET 

What is -8 FEET?

400

MULTIPLY THE SUM OF ME AND NEGATIVE TWO BY FOUR TO GET TWELVE

What is FIVE?

400

THE HOTTEST RECORDED SURFACE TEMPERATURE AT 134°F WAS AT THIS APTLY NAMED LOCATION.

What is DEATH VALLEY?

400

A SCUBA DIVER IS 15 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL. HE RISES 8 FEET AND SAYS HIS NEW POSITION IS -10 FEET

What is TOO LOW?

400

AN ODD NUMBER. TAKE ONE LETTER AWAY AND IT BECOMES "EVEN".

What is SEVEN?

400

A DIVER IS AT 30 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL. HE RISES 18 FEET, THEN GOES BACK DOWN 5 FEET. 

What is -17 FEET?

500

MULTIPLY ME BY SIX AND SUBTRACT FIVE TO GET TWENTY-FIVE

What is FIVE?

500

AT 92 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL, IT IS THE LOWEST-LYING CAPITAL CITY ON EARTH. RHYMES WITH HAIKU

What is BAKU?

500

SOLVES -4 x 3 + 4 AND SAYS THE ANSWER IS -8

What is JUST RIGHT?

500

TWO IS A COMPANY AND THREE IS A CROWD. THIS IS FOUR AND FIVE.

What is NINE?

500

A PILOT STARTS AT 2,500 FEET IN THE AIR. HE DESCENDS 3,000 FEET, THEN CLIMBS 1,200 FEET

What is 700 FEET?